Research updates
New brain tumor research and news, in plain language. The marks on each item show how far along the evidence is. More marks mean it has been tested more.
1061 item(s). Early-stage animal and lab research is hidden. Tick the box above to include it.
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A new way to plan radiation for several brain tumors
Researchers tested a smarter way to aim one radiation treatment at several brain tumors at once.
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Two MRI scans compared for measuring blood flow in brain tumors
A small study compared two MRI scans and found one matched a gold standard test more closely.
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Surgeons remove two small brain tumors through one nostril
Doctors used a new one-nostril surgery to remove small brain tumors in two women.
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Early scans may help spot meningiomas that grow back
A scan taken about 6 months after treatment may help show which tumors grow later.
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Four Kinds of Radiation Work Well for Grade 1 Meningioma
All four common radiation treatments kept most of these slow growing brain tumors in check.
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Proton therapy has not been shown to beat Gamma Knife for vestibular schwannoma
Experts say proton beam therapy has not proven better than Gamma Knife for this kind of tumor.
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A review of the drug Depatux-M for glioblastoma
Researchers pulled together past studies of a targeted drug for glioblastoma, and it helped only a little.
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A radiation treatment for meningioma that keeps growing back
Doctors looked back at 10 people whose meningioma kept growing after surgery and radiation, and tried a treatment that sends radiation to the tumor through the blood.
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Where people live and their sex were linked to differences in pituitary tumor care
This study found that people with less money and education in their community were more likely to die after a pituitary tumor, and more likely to wait for treatment.
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A DNA test changed the diagnosis for some children with this brain tumor
A DNA test on tumor tissue showed that some children thought to have ependymoma actually had a different kind of tumor.
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First safety test of a cell therapy placed inside the brain
A small first study put an immune cell treatment straight into the brain, and patients handled it well.
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Brain scans did not reliably show which brain tumor patients had speech problems
A study of brain scans could not reliably tell which brain tumor patients had trouble with speech and language.
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A study looked at how often epilepsy happens in people with NF2
This study checked how often people with neurofibromatosis type 2 develop epilepsy, but the results are not available here.
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A rare fungal brain infection in a child with a brain tumor
A young boy being treated for a brain tumor got a rare fungal infection in his brain, and doctors only found it after he died.
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A brain scan method may help tell tumor regrowth from radiation damage
A special MRI scan helped doctors tell whether a spot in the brain was cancer coming back or damage from radiation treatment.
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A computer tool tries to tell apart types of slow-growing meningioma from MRI scans
Researchers built a computer tool that looks at MRI scans and tries to guess which type of a slow-growing brain lining tumor a person has, before surgery.
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Adding vorasidenib to temozolomide after radiation for grade 3 astrocytoma
This trial is testing whether adding a drug called vorasidenib to usual chemotherapy helps people with newly diagnosed grade 3 astrocytoma.
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Testing an Immune Cell Treatment Made From a Person's Own Brain Tumor
This trial is testing a treatment that uses immune cells taken from a person's own glioma.
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Testing targeted drugs for meningioma that keeps growing
This study is testing whether certain targeted drugs can slow a meningioma that is getting worse.
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Testing a daily pill to keep CNS lymphoma from coming back
This trial is testing whether a daily pill can help keep primary CNS lymphoma from returning after treatment clears it.